Come on Martin, the dashboard quality is bónk!
Though don't get me wrong, the design is brilliant!
The top of the dashboard - I think MiNiGuY calls it a topper - 'looks' like it's padded, until you touch it and realise it's rock hard moulded stuff, no, I tell a lie, if you press it, it squashes in about a millimetre - it must be the hardest padded dash ever produced.
This hardness is also the cause of the common creaking dash problem on certain cars.
The brilliant silver pieces (on the dash) show the mould edges - this could have been far better disguised - at school we'd have been marked down in design & technology class for leaving edges like that
I won't even talk about the alloy patina finish in the Cooper S, I know it can be a sensitive subject...
shame you guys don't get an alloy patina rev counter and speedo...
The mat-silver plastics - like round the base of the gear stick and the two pillars either side of the centre console will be permanently marked if caught or scuffed - there can only be one layer of paint.
I was looking under the dash on the drivers side - near the OBDII plug and there were two pieces of rubber wedged between the bottom of the dash and some plastic edging - it might have been a creak-fix or something, more like a crap fix, especially on a May build car...
Most stuff is really good, the seats are great quality (I have the half leather black sports), they just creak a bit...
The carpet is really thick and comfy - my girlfriend always takes her shoes off.
The doors trims look great, in fact it ALL looks great, it looks brilliant and I love it, it's just it's possible to see where corners have been cut (or not, in the case of the brilliant silver trim
) to keep costs down.
Potts
p.s. Don't be put off flipper, it's a fantastic car